Mike Sweeney

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Finding Royals Fame

I think one of the things you have to do as a fan when your team stinks is look at the glory days and remember when things were better. Reminisce about the pennants flying, the game winning hits, the clutch…Read More

All-Star Reflections: 2004 – Ken Harvey

2004. Another sub-60 win season. Another year of heartache. In a season where He-who-must-not-be-named* was actually a starter. A starter! A starter with a winning record! He was 9-8, but he had an E.R.A.…Read More

Billy Butler Headed For Career Power Year

Billy Butler has drawn flack in the past for being a singles hitter in a slugger’s body. A small but vocal group of fans have questioned his ability as a run producer, a power hitter and a clutch…Read More

Who Will Be the Royals Best Player in 2013?

I waste an inordinate amount of time staring down the statistical columns of the Baseball Reference web site, trying to find meaning in the numbers.  Sometimes everything makes perfect sense to me and…Read More

Wil Myers is Not Afraid to Get His Hands Dirty

We all heard the good news last week that Wil Myers performance had forced the Royals to promote him to Omaha.  Now that he’s only one step from the major leagues, fans are demanding to know –…Read More

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Saying Good-bye

My wife and I flew from Dallas, Texas to Kansas City, Missouri with a newborn baby for a job interview. …Read More

Why Does 2012 Feel Different in Kansas City?

Ever since the Royals took a perpetual downturn following the strike-shortened 1994 season, Royals fans…Read More

Wasting Our Time?

    Some people take a little bit longer to understand things than others.  Maybe they are…Read More

“I’m in the Best Shape of My Life”

You hear it every year. Some aging or oft-injured player shows up at Spring Training and proudly declares…Read More

Locking Up Eric Hosmer

As of right now, the Royals are still negotiating with Alex Gordon on a contract extension. It may or…Read More

Five People That I Would Like to See Replace Frank White

With the recent news of Frank White being let go by the Royals and Fox Sports, I was trying to think…Read More

Apologizing to Melky Cabrera

I’m stubborn. I hated – HATED – the Melky Cabrera signing last December. Mere hours…Read More

Fun With Extra Bases

If you had made a checklist before the season started and populated it with items that would encourage…Read More

Kevin Appier, (Royals) Hall of Famer

The Royals announced today that Kevin Appier was elected to the Royals Hall of Fame. For anyone who…Read More

Mike Sweeney Retires a Royal

After signing a one day contract today, Mike Sweeney announced his retirement from baseball.  He left…Read More

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

At this time, I would like to announce that Jon Twibell has decided to resign from his contributor position…Read More

Bam Bam: Billy Butler and Power

One of the struggles the Royals have run into on offense is a noted lack of power. Coming into today’s…Read More

Rewinding to April 3rd, the lost Q&A

Let’s rewind back to before the 2010 season.  Back on March 26th, I was approached by one of the…Read More

Former Royalty: Mike Sweeney to retire?

Former “milk and cookies” captain Mike Sweeney let it be known that he will retire if he…Read More

Royals Rotten Decade (2005)

During the 2000s, no major league team lost more games than the Kansas City Royals.  It was a decade…Read More